''Tjurunga'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus
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of
Tasmania
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sheetweb spiders containing the single species, ''Tjurunga paroculus''.
The female of the species was first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...
in 1903 under the name ''
Rubrius paroculus'',
and it was moved to its own genus in 1967.
See also
*
List of Stiphidiidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Stiphidiidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Aorangia''
'' Aorangia'' Forster & Wilton, 1973
* '' A. agama'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
* '' A. ansa'' Forster & W ...
References
Spiders of Australia
Stiphidiidae
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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